It uses strobe lighting to simulate lighting and can even simulate a power outage.

We even talked with a fire official about what's important during a storm.

"So the importance then would be to make sure somebody actually in the home had a weather radio to be able to listen and find out whether or not it was safe for them to get out of wherever they were taking shelter," said Steve Cox, South Bend Fire Chief.

This educational tool can also be filled with non-hazardous smoke to illustrate the concept of getting low to avoid a fire.